Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 06:52
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 764 74% 610 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.8 89% 107 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 82.7 Splatting 100 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 178GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,844 Write 7,499 Mixed 7,845 1,866% 8,396 MB/s	4K Read 794 4K Write 317 4K Mixed 430 1,922% 514 MB/s	DQ Read 1,948 DQ Write 1,393 DQ Mixed 1,451 1,143% 1,597 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 426 426 411 433 416 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 456 Mixed 392 SusWrite 432 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.2 201% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
HP S700 120GB-$30 4,522 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 111GB free Firmware: R0116B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 426 427 427 423 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 486 Write 409 Mixed 384 SusWrite 426 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 14.6 117% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 74 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 19.7 67% 139 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 802GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 153 154 152 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 117 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 152 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 117 117 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 116 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 77%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 108 141% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 844GB free, PID 0748 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 107 108 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 107 128% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 101%

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Gaming 90%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 - $131

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	477x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	79x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	91x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	16x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $894

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16